Extreme events as sources of health vulnerability: Drought as an example

Weather and Climate Extremes

Volumn 11, Issue , 2016, Pages 95-102

  Ebi, Kristie L ^a,d   Bowen, Kathryn ^b,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Schools of Medicine and Public Health   (United States)

^e The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought; Extreme events; Flood; Health; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; NATURAL HAZARD; PUBLIC HEALTH; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84960258371     PISSN: 22120947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wace.2015.10.001     Document Type: Article

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